Acetylene-gas generator.



No. 635,351. Patented Uct. 24, i899.

, F. RHIND.

ACETYLENE GAS GENERATDR.

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FRANK RHIND, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR' OF ONE-I'IALF TO THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ACETYLEN E-GASY G EN ERATO R.

sPnoIFIoA'rIoN forming'part of Letters, Patent no. 635,351, dated october 24, 1899.

` Application filed February 25,1899.. Serial No. 706,806. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- tom of the fount. Depressions 12 in the lower Be it known that I, FRANK RHIND, acitizen edge of the fount 1 engage with the lever'72. of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, Vertical grooves in the wall of the holder 6 Connecticut, have invented-a new and useful seat the extremities of 'a partition 8, shown 55 5 Improvement in Acetylene- Gas Generators, as tripartite. l of which the following isa specification. The operation of my device will be readily My invention relates particularly to generunderstood from an inspection ofv the drawators of portable size or to those in which it ings. When the partsare assembled, as shown is desirable to cut oi the generation. of gas in the drawings, the fouut 1 being rst filled 6ov 1o before the exhaustion of the supply of carbid with water and the holder 6 with carbid it is and to renew such generation without delay clear that the wick may be raised by means or inconvenience. l of the button 32 through the aperture 41 in In the accompanying drawings, which repthe disk 4 and one ofthe apertures 61 in the :resent so much of a portable gas-lamp of the bottom of the carbid-holdern 6 and into eon- 65 15 cycle type as is'necessaryto show'my inventact with the carbid. When it is desired to tion, Figures I, III, andVare top plan views, extinguish the flame of the lamp, the wick is f and Figs. II, IV, and VI vertical sections, of lowered and the holder 6 rotated by means various forms of my device. of the handle 72, preferably about sixty de- 1 designatesaliquid-containing chamber or grecs, so as to bring the aperture 6l out of 7o 2o fount provided with depressions 12; 2a wick'L register with the aperture 41 in the disk 4.

t tube; 3, afeed-adjusting device provided with The disk then acts as a closure to the bottom shaft 3l and handle 32; 30, Fig. VI, adierof the holder 6 to ,prevent ascent ofv vapor g ent form of feed-adjusting device; 4, a disk from/the fount to the carbid. A further ro'- pierced at 41; 5,- a generating-chamber; 6, a -tation of the holder 6 brings the lever 72 into 75 25 carbid-holder pierced at 61 62 and grooved at one of the vdepressions 12 and a second aper- 63; 7, arotating stud having shaft 7l and hanture 61 over the wick-tube. The raising of dle 72, and 8 a partition. the wick n ow acts to attack the carbid at a.

In the example of mynvention illustrated freshpoint where therev is no cake or a thinin Figs. I and IIof the drawings the fount 1 ner cake ofresidual limeto-be first moistened. 8o 3o may be of vanydesired form. The wick-tube Hence the generation'of gas begins as soon 2 is eccentricallyplaced and, as shown, con- 'or nearly as soon as at the rst using. As tains a vertically-adjustable carrierinclosing shown, a third aperture in the holder 6 pera wick, which may be of sponge, linen, or any mits aY repetition of such extinguishing and suitable absorptive material. Awick-adj ustrelighting of the flame. To insure an imme- 85 3 5 ing pinion 3 is mounted on an inclined shaft diate generation of gas upon a second or later 31, which passes through the wall of the fount using, I may provide a vertical partition 8, and has an exterior handle or button 32. The tripartite or otherwise to'correspond with the disk 4 rests on the top of the fount 1 and is number of apertures 61 and adapted to set l secured against rotation, so that its aperture midway of such apertures. This acts to con- 9o. 4o 41 registers with the wick-tube 2. Within tine the action of the water to ,a particuthe generating-chamber 5 is -a ,carbid-holder lar portion -or pocket of the carbid. I pref- 6, shown as a low cylinder whose bottom conerably make this partition S, removable and forms to the disk 4 and is pierced with plusupport it in position by means of grooves 63 rality of apertures 61, shown as three, correin the Wall of the holder 6 'or in any converf- `95 45 sponding inradial distance with the aperture ient manner. It is obvious that whether or 41. A central polygonal aperture 62, prefer'- not the partition 8 is used a bag or piece of ably reinforced bya washer, as shown, encloth may be used within the holder 6 to congages upon a correspondingly-shaped stud 7, tain the carbid and facilitate removing of the forming the upper end of a Vertical shaft 71, waste matter. 1 5o which passes axially through the fount 1 and In Figs. III and IV of the drawings I have is provided with a lever-handle? 2 atthe botshown the fount 1 as inclosed in a case adapted to be tightly attached to the generati ngchamber 5, the fount itself being rotatable by means of a hollow shaft 7l, passing through a suitable stuffing-box in the bottom of the fount and provided with an exterior leverhandle 72. The wick-tube 2 is shown as cut away to admit the teeth of a horizon tal pinion 3, whose shaft 3l passes through the shaft 7l and is extcriorly provided with a button 32. The wick-carrier in the tube 2 has an inclined rack, so that it is raised and lowered spirally by the pinion 3. The stud 7 is omitted. The carbid-holder G is, as illustrated above, pierced with a plurality of apertures to receive the wick. It is clear that as before the holder 6 may when the wick is lowered from its operative position be turned to expose a new portion of the carbid to the action of the water.

In Figs. V and VI the carbid-holder and fount are relatively stationary. The wicktu'be 2 is offset at its upperend and rotatable by means of a shaft 7l, passing through the bottom of the fount and having a lever 72, as already shown. A sleeve surrounding the tube 2 forms a series of inclined recesses or cams 30, with which a laterally-projecting pin on the tube engages to raise and lower the wick during its rotation. It will therefore be seen that the turning of the lever 72 acts both to adjust the wick vertically and to present it successively to the various apertures 6l of the holder 6.

I do not hold my invention limited to the use of the particular gas-generating substances named and still less to the proportions or forms shown or described.

That I claim isl. In an acetylene-generator in combination aliquid chamberorfount, acarbid-holder above said fount, means for feeding a liquid from said fount to said holder and means for the relative rotation of one of said parts in a horizontal plane whereby the flow of liquid may be directed successively to various points in said holder, substantially as described.

2. In an acetylene-generator in combination aliquid chamber or fount, a carbid-holder above said fount, manually-adjustable means for feeding a liquid from said fount to said holder and means for the relative rotation of one ot' said parts in a horizontal plane whereby the ilow of liquid maybe directed successively to various points in said holder, substantially as described.

3. In an acetylene-generator in combination aliquid chamber or fount, a carbid-holder above said fount, means for feeding liquid from said fount to said holder, a vertical shaft connected to one of said parts and passing out through the bottom of said generator and means as a lever or handle exterior to said generator whereby through the rotation of said shaft one of said parts may be rotated in a horizontal plane whereby the flow of liquid may be directed successively to Various points in said holder, substantially as described.

4. In an acetylene-generator in combination a liquid chamber or fount, a carbid-holder above said fount, a body of absorptive material adapted to convey a liquid to said holder and means for the relative rotation of one of said parts whereby the flow of liquid may be directed successively to various points in said holder, substantially as described.

5. In an acetylene-generator in combination a liquid chamberor fount,a carbidholder, a man ually-adj ustable body of absorptive material adapted to conveya liquid to said holder and means for the relative rotation of one of said parts whereby the flow of liquid may be directed successively to various points in said holder, substantially as described.

G. In an acetylene-generator in combinationaliquid chamberorfount,acarbid-holder, means as a body of absorptive material for feeding a liqu'id`upward to the carbid in said holder and manually-operative means for the relative rotation of one of said parts whereby the flow of liquid may be presented successively to various points in said holder, substantially as described.

7. In an acetylene-generator in combinationa liquid chamber or fount,a carbid-holder above said fou nt, a vertically-adjustable wick in said fount and means for the relative rotation of one of said parts whereby the flow of liquid lnay be presented successively to various points in said holder, substantially as described.

8. In an acetylene-generator in combination aliquid chamber or fount,a carbid-holder above said fount, means for conveying a liquid from said fount to said holder and a vertical shaft passing through said fount and connected with said holder whereby said holder may be rotated in a horizontal plane, whereby the tiow of liquid may be directed successively to various points in said holder, substantially as described.

9. In an acetylene-generator in combination a liquid chamberor fount, a generatingchamber above said fount, a carbid-holder in said generating-chamber, means as a body of absorptive material for conveying a liquid from said fount to said holder and a shaft passing through said fount and adapted to rotate said holder so as to present the flow of liquid successively to various points in said holder, said holder bein g detachable from said shaft and removable from said generatingchamber, substantially as described.

l0. In an acetylene-generator in combination a liquid chamber or fount,a carbid-holder above said fount, a plurality of eccentric apertures in the bottom of said holder, an eccentrically-placed wick-tube in said fount, a shaft passing axially through said fount and engaging with said holder and a handle or lever exterior to said fount whereby said holder may be rotated to present its bottom apertures successively above said wick-tube, substantially as described.

ll. In an acetylene-generator in combina- IOO tion a liquid chamber or fount,a carbid-holder above said fount, a plurality of eccentric apertures in the bottom of said holder, an eccentrically-placed wick-tube in said fount7 a shaft passing axially through said fount and engaging with said holder, a handle or lever exterior to said fou nt whereby said holder may be rotated to presentits bottom apertures successively above said wick-tube and a non-rotary disk beneath said holder, substantially as described.

12. In an acetylene-generator in combination a liquid chamber or fount,a carbid-holder above said fount, a plurality of eccentric apertures in the bottom of said holder, an ecoentrically-placed wick-tube in said fount, a shaft passing axially through said fount and engaging With said holder, a handle or lever exterior to said fount Wherebysaid holder may be rotated to present its bottom apertures successively above said Wick-tube and a removable non-rotary disk beneath said holder, substantially as described.

13. In an acetylene-generator in combination a liquid chamber or fount, ahorizontallydisposed carbid holder above said fount, means for conveying a liquid from said fount to said holder, means for rotating one of said parts relatively to the others in a horizontal plane and a partition in said holder, substantially as described.

14. In an acetylene-generator in combination a liquid chamber or fount,acarbidholder above said fount, a plurality of apertures in the bottom of said fount, abod-y of absorptive material adapted to convey a liquid from said fount to said holder, means for the relative rotation of one of said parts and a partition in said holder dividing it into parts or pockets corresponding in number to said bottom apertures, substantially as described.

FRANK RHIND.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. COOPER., NETTIE S. WELLS. 

